Evelyn Monologue from A Comedy of Youth

From A Comedy of Youth by St. John Hankin

female · defiant · 52 sec

Why not? Oh, for different reasons. They say I'm not serious enough. Or that I don't work enough. Or that I haven't got enough money. Or else they simply say they "don't think I'm fitted to make their daughter happy." Anyhow, they won't sanction an engagement. They all agree about that. I don't blame her. I don't say she's not right. I don't say they haven't all been right. In fact, I believe they have been right. I'm only explaining how it is. I see how it is. You don't really want to be married.

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